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te of being constrained, bound, or obliged; that which constrains or obliges; obligation; bond. [R.] Milton.

exile; one driven from home, society, or country; hence, often, a degraded person; a vagabond. The Lord . . . gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. Ps. cxlvii. 2.

An excessive issue; an issue, as of notes or bonds, exceeding the limit of capital, credit, or authority. An overissue of government paper. Brougham.

A hearing or an inspection, as of a deed, bond, etc., as when a defendant in court prays oyer of a writing. Blackstone. Oyer and terminer (Law), a term used in England in commissions directed to judges of assize about to hold court, directing them to hear and determine cases brought before them. In the U.S. the phrase…

Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. "Such pady persons." Digges (1585). "The paddy persons." Motley.

A born beggar; a vagabond. [Obs.] Halliwell.

al value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.

avels about, retailing small wares; a hawker. [Written also pedlar and pedler.] "Some vagabond huckster or peddler." Hakluyt.

n case of nonfulfillment of stipulations; forfeiture; fine. The penalty and forfeit of my bond. Shak.

The quality or state of being perfect; perfection. "Charity, which is the bond of perfectness." Col. iii. 14.

A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. See Mortar.

A literary production composed of parts brought together without order or bond of connection.

A connection, or bond of union, between parties, as to some particular transaction; mutual or successive relationship to the same rights of property.

The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also the price named.

other, the gaints and the powers of Hel under the leadership of Loki (who is escaped from bondage).

To move or influence by railing. [R.] Rail the seal from off my bond. Shak.

y into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc. Wary men took the alarm, and began to realize, a word now first brought into use to express the conversion of ideal property into something real. W. Irving.

road. Receivers' certificates are ordinarily a first lien on the assets, prior to that of bonds or other securities.

same or some other court, to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal.

To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. Ps. xxv. 22. The Almighty from the gr…